Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 88 85
Rank change year-on-year -14 -3 -31
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,106 1,645 2,050
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.79% 3.35% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 3.76% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,392 780 1,193
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,700 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £91,269 £91,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,403 £70,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year -2.28% +9.38% -5.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,468 43,703 59,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.32% 88.90% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 59,116 24,458 31,674
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.95% -2.78%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 12 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -24 1,811 £75,000 - 1,604
UK excluding London -29 1,161 £68,403 -2.28% 789
Work from Home -24 844 £69,305 -0.99% 776
London -18 787 £85,000 +3.03% 980
North of England -52 367 £75,000 +7.14% 230
South East +54 316 £65,000 -7.14% 130
North West -64 200 £77,000 +10.00% 112
South West +1 152 £67,500 +8.00% 64
Midlands -60 109 £75,000 +7.14% 89
North East +4 93 £65,000 +49.43% 42
West Midlands -38 79 £80,000 +14.29% 60
Yorkshire -12 74 £69,310 -2.38% 77
Northern Ireland -15 73 £60,000 +33.33% 69
Wales -12 70 £62,000 +19.23% 25
East of England -53 41 £67,500 +5.88% 71
Scotland -48 33 £70,500 -7.24% 112
East Midlands -58 30 £65,000 -7.14% 29
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 41 (1.95%) Confluence
2 26 (1.23%) Apache Spark
3 21 (1.00%) CMS
4 20 (0.95%) Apache
5 16 (0.76%) Camunda
6 11 (0.52%) WebLogic
7 10 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 10 (0.47%) IIS
7 10 (0.47%) nginx
7 10 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 10 (0.47%) WordPress
8 8 (0.38%) Drupal
9 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.33%) JBoss
9 7 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.14%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.14%) Kentico
11 3 (0.14%) Sitefinity
11 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 9 (0.43%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.047%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.047%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.047%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.047%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.047%) Eikon
5 1 (0.047%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.047%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 1,097 (52.09%) AWS
2 899 (42.69%) Azure
3 336 (15.95%) GCP
4 294 (13.96%) GitHub
5 260 (12.35%) Serverless
6 210 (9.97%) SaaS
7 180 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
8 138 (6.55%) AWS Lambda
9 135 (6.41%) Amazon EKS
10 128 (6.08%) AWS CloudFormation
11 117 (5.56%) Amazon S3
12 107 (5.08%) GitHub Copilot
13 93 (4.42%) Azure Service Bus
14 87 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
15 84 (3.99%) Amazon ECS
16 64 (3.04%) Amazon SQS
17 59 (2.80%) Azure AKS
18 56 (2.66%) Amazon EC2
19 54 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
20 50 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.23%) Network Security
2 21 (1.00%) VPN
3 15 (0.71%) Broadband
3 15 (0.71%) DMARC
4 14 (0.66%) DNS
5 12 (0.57%) Firewall
5 12 (0.57%) MQTT
5 12 (0.57%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.47%) AMQP
7 9 (0.43%) HTTP
8 7 (0.33%) BGP
8 7 (0.33%) Internet
9 6 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
10 4 (0.19%) RFID
11 3 (0.14%) NAS
11 3 (0.14%) OpenVPN
11 3 (0.14%) SAN
11 3 (0.14%) SSL
12 2 (0.095%) DHCP
12 2 (0.095%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 319 (15.15%) MongoDB
2 250 (11.87%) PostgreSQL
3 208 (9.88%) NoSQL
4 167 (7.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 150 (7.12%) Elasticsearch
6 120 (5.70%) MySQL
7 110 (5.22%) SQL Server
8 87 (4.13%) Relational Database
9 80 (3.80%) Redis
10 51 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
10 51 (2.42%) DynamoDB
11 29 (1.38%) Big Data
12 22 (1.04%) Data Lake
13 21 (1.00%) Pinecone
14 14 (0.66%) Chroma
15 13 (0.62%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.57%) DTS
17 10 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
17 10 (0.47%) Db2
17 10 (0.47%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 300 (14.25%) Git
2 204 (9.69%) GitLab
3 168 (7.98%) Jenkins
4 81 (3.85%) TeamCity
5 72 (3.42%) JUnit
6 57 (2.71%) Cucumber
6 57 (2.71%) JIRA
7 44 (2.09%) Mockito
8 39 (1.85%) Cypress.io
9 37 (1.76%) Maven
10 33 (1.57%) Claude Code
11 31 (1.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 22 (1.04%) Selenium
13 18 (0.85%) REST Assured
14 17 (0.81%) Spock
15 16 (0.76%) Postman
16 14 (0.66%) JMeter
17 13 (0.62%) SonarQube
18 12 (0.57%) Vite
19 8 (0.38%) Bitbucket
General
1 532 (25.26%) Finance
2 446 (21.18%) Social Skills
3 241 (11.44%) Public Sector
4 210 (9.97%) Banking
5 180 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 160 (7.60%) Law
7 151 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
8 142 (6.74%) Retail
9 102 (4.84%) Financial Institution
10 85 (4.04%) Legal
11 78 (3.70%) Back Office
12 59 (2.80%) Marketing
13 46 (2.18%) Aerospace
14 33 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (1.47%) Games
16 28 (1.33%) Legal Technology
17 18 (0.85%) Front Office
18 14 (0.66%) Advertising
19 12 (0.57%) Aviation
19 12 (0.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 752 (35.71%) Developer
2 534 (25.36%) Senior
3 387 (18.38%) Software Engineer
4 357 (16.95%) Lead
5 309 (14.67%) Architect
6 208 (9.88%) Senior Developer
7 192 (9.12%) .NET Developer
8 167 (7.93%) Java Developer
9 165 (7.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 145 (6.89%) Java Engineer
11 138 (6.55%) Senior Software Engineer
12 130 (6.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 109 (5.18%) Principal Engineer
14 105 (4.99%) Solutions Architect
15 85 (4.04%) Lead Software Engineer
16 80 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
17 73 (3.47%) Software Developer
18 64 (3.04%) Lead Developer
18 64 (3.04%) Technical Leader
19 63 (2.99%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 532 (25.26%) .NET
2 453 (21.51%) React
3 423 (20.09%) Node.js
4 420 (19.94%) Terraform
5 415 (19.71%) Spring
6 379 (18.00%) Spring Boot
7 313 (14.86%) RESTful
8 301 (14.29%) Kafka
8 301 (14.29%) REST
9 238 (11.30%) ASP.NET
10 233 (11.06%) AngularJS
11 220 (10.45%) .NET Core
12 200 (9.50%) Vue
13 193 (9.16%) ASP.NET Core
14 127 (6.03%) Blazor
15 102 (4.84%) ASP.NET Web API
16 87 (4.13%) .NET Framework
16 87 (4.13%) HTML
17 84 (3.99%) CSS
18 81 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 719 (34.14%) Cloud Native
2 401 (19.04%) Distributed Systems
3 172 (8.17%) Product Ownership
4 131 (6.22%) Enterprise Software
5 98 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
6 84 (3.99%) Onboarding
7 67 (3.18%) AI Agents
8 65 (3.09%) Public Cloud
9 51 (2.42%) Virtual Team
10 48 (2.28%) e-Learning
11 47 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
12 44 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
13 32 (1.52%) Management Information System
14 24 (1.14%) Distributed Architecture
15 23 (1.09%) Blog
16 21 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
16 21 (1.00%) Mainframe
16 21 (1.00%) Private Cloud
17 20 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 20 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 150 (7.12%) Linux
2 46 (2.18%) Windows
3 35 (1.66%) CentOS
3 35 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (0.90%) Unix
5 10 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.38%) Android
6 8 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.33%) AIX
7 7 (0.33%) Debian
7 7 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,185 (56.27%) CI/CD
2 1,031 (48.96%) Agile
3 776 (36.85%) Software Engineering
4 749 (35.57%) DevOps
5 562 (26.69%) Full-Stack Development
5 562 (26.69%) Mentoring
6 494 (23.46%) Event-Driven
7 479 (22.74%) AI
8 461 (21.89%) Test Automation
9 447 (21.23%) Infrastructure as Code
10 422 (20.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 415 (19.71%) Containerisation
12 387 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
13 347 (16.48%) Technical Leadership
14 315 (14.96%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 296 (14.06%) Scrum
16 275 (13.06%) Observability
17 266 (12.63%) Architectural Patterns
18 241 (11.44%) TDD
19 237 (11.25%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 797 (37.84%) Java
2 575 (27.30%) C#
3 506 (24.03%) SQL
4 446 (21.18%) JavaScript
5 412 (19.56%) Python
6 410 (19.47%) TypeScript
7 84 (3.99%) Go
8 55 (2.61%) Ruby
9 39 (1.85%) C++
10 35 (1.66%) Bash
11 33 (1.57%) PHP
12 29 (1.38%) Bicep
13 28 (1.33%) Kotlin
14 24 (1.14%) PowerShell
15 19 (0.90%) Rust
16 17 (0.81%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.62%) Scala
18 12 (0.57%) Groovy
19 11 (0.52%) Shell Script
20 10 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 362 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 251 (11.92%) SC Cleared
3 161 (7.64%) Degree
4 112 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 85 (4.04%) AWS Certification
5 85 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 62 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 38 (1.80%) CISSP
8 36 (1.71%) Azure Certification
9 25 (1.19%) CISM
10 18 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (0.71%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (0.47%) MBA
13 8 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 8 (0.38%) CCSP
13 8 (0.38%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (10.54%) QA
2 104 (4.94%) Accessibility
3 40 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (1.85%) WCAG
5 27 (1.28%) GDPR
6 26 (1.23%) NIST
7 19 (0.90%) Data Quality
8 18 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 17 (0.81%) NCSC
10 15 (0.71%) SOC 2
11 10 (0.47%) ISO 20022
12 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (0.33%) GRC
14 6 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.24%) PSD2
16 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 3 (0.14%) SEPA
17 3 (0.14%) SLA
18 2 (0.095%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 619 (29.39%) Docker
2 41 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.47%) NDS
4 8 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.14%) KVM
8 2 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.047%) Firmware
9 1 (0.047%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 694 (32.95%) Kubernetes
2 131 (6.22%) Grafana
3 98 (4.65%) Ansible
4 52 (2.47%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
6 25 (1.19%) Argo
7 21 (1.00%) Puppet
8 15 (0.71%) Kibana
9 14 (0.66%) Cilium
10 6 (0.28%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.24%) Podman
12 4 (0.19%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.14%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.095%) logstash
14 2 (0.095%) Microsoft Intune
14 2 (0.095%) Rancher
15 1 (0.047%) Cisco CUCM
15 1 (0.047%) Consul
15 1 (0.047%) Control-M
15 1 (0.047%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 343 (16.29%) Microsoft
2 104 (4.94%) Google
3 71 (3.37%) Oracle
4 56 (2.66%) Splunk
5 51 (2.42%) OpenAI
6 30 (1.42%) Dynatrace
7 29 (1.38%) Okta
8 27 (1.28%) ForgeRock
9 25 (1.19%) Databricks
10 18 (0.85%) Mistral
10 18 (0.85%) OneLogin
11 17 (0.81%) IBM
12 16 (0.76%) SAP
13 15 (0.71%) SendGrid
14 14 (0.66%) Adobe
14 14 (0.66%) AppDynamics
14 14 (0.66%) OpenText
15 13 (0.62%) CyberArk
16 12 (0.57%) Salesforce
17 11 (0.52%) Red Hat